US Patent Issued to SMITH & NEPHEW, SMITH & NEPHEW ORTHOPAEDICS, SMITH & NEPHEW ASIA PACIFIC on Dec. 30 for "Insert for use in a knee prosthesis" (Tennessee Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Dec. 31 -- United States Patent no. 12,508,131, issued on Dec. 30, was assigned to SMITH & NEPHEW INC. (Memphis, Tenn.), SMITH & NEPHEW ORTHOPAEDICS AG (Zug, Switzerland) and SMITH & NEPHEW ASIA PACIFIC PTE. Ltd. (Singapore).

"Insert for use in a knee prosthesis" was invented by Christopher B. Carr (Bartlett, Tenn.) and Nathaniel M. Lenz (Germantown, Tenn.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "An insert for use in a knee prosthesis is disclosed. In one embodiment, the insert includes a medial compartment and a lateral compartment. The medial compartment includes a top surface having a concave surface or curve with a more posterior sulcus and increased anterior lip. The lateral compa...